Prairie Grove, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 42 miles [67 km] to the southeast of Prairie Grove and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Rockford. It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the west of Prairie Grove and has a population of 150,115 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Aurora	S	35 mi [56.3 km]	171,782	20.14% increase
	Cicero	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	SE	33 mi [53.1 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Naperville	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Janesville (WI)	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	62,516	5.07% increase
	Kenosha (WI)	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	82,196	0.42% increase
	Waukesha (WI)	N	50 mi [80.5 km]	68,008	4.91% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bull Valley	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	841	15.84% increase
	Cary	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	19,559	25.94% increase
	Crystal Lake	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	41,797	9.99% increase
	Fox River Grove	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	5,172	6.38% increase
	Fox River Valley Gardens	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Holiday Hills	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	772	7.1% decrease
	Island Lake	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	8,588	5.34% increase
	Lake Barrington	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	4,975	4.58% increase
	Lake-in-the-Hills	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	29,698	28.27% increase
	Lakemoor	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	5,748	106.17% increase
	Lakewood	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	3,690	57.89% increase
	McHenry	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	26,862	24.93% increase
	Oakwood Hills	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	2,376	8.3% increase
	Port Barrington	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Trout Valley	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	602	0.5% increase

McHenry County

Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McHenry: Walworth (WI), Kenosha (WI), Lake, Cook, Kane, DeKalb and Boone.

While not sharing a border with McHenry, the following counties are close to Prairie Grove: DuPage, Coles and Racine (WI).

Below are counties that are near Prairie Grove (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Prairie Grove:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Prairie Grove
	Boone County	W	Garden Prairie	23 miles [37 km]
	Coles County	SE	Country Club Estates	15 miles [24 km]
	Cook County	S	Barrington Hills	7 miles [11 km]
	DeKalb County	SW	New Lebanon	21 miles [33 km]
	DuPage County	SE	Foxcroft	12 miles [19 km]
	Kane County	S	Algonquin	8 miles [12 km]
	Kendall County	S	Boulder Hill	39 miles [62 km]
	Lake County	E	Island Lake	3 miles [4 km]
	Ogle County	W	Monroe Center	39 miles [62 km]
	Will County	S	Heatherstone	37 miles [59 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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